@Bob :
Uh ??? Are you all making fun out of me ? I thought it sounded correct, good at the best, especially considering the mess mixing this over-arranged thing, but was far from thinking it was that good... I'm starting to think this is a joke, lol
Anyway, if you have questions more precise than "How" that would help me, lol !!!
@Shane :
Thanks for the critics !!! About the overheads, unfortunately the guy from the studio we recorded the drums in (back in... 2003, argh) mixed them to only 2 tracks (4 mics were used), including hi-hats and ride (I have an additional ride microphone with terrible isolation, not very useful...), so I have very little control over it (and not to speak about comb filtering), I should maybe try to get better dynamics on the cymbal hits while keeping the hi-hats in control (guess multi-band comp will be my best friend here...).
Yeah, I first mixed the guitars with a pretty huge sound (keep in mind this is 1 track per side by the way), and with guitar/bass/drums it really sounded badass... Then I had to make room for the keyboards (garg, believe me, it hurts, but well, it's all in the good interest of the music...), and then for the vocals (gargx2...) so I really had to compromise
Worst mixing experience EVER (especially on my crappy PC, lost hours waiting for mixdowns... the song is 1h10m long), but if I manage to get something out of this music, I'm pretty confident I can mix just about anything !!! lol
Other people think the overheads aren't loud enough ?